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Topic: ASTRONOMY

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: cosmologia, from Greek kosmos ( COSMOS) + Modern Latin -logia '-logy'

cosmology

 noun
     
cos‧mol‧o‧gy [uncountable]
HA the science of the origin and structure of the universe, especially as studied in astronomy
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